Hero's Welcome made me far more interested in the Queen of Ashes and Xau-Tak, and this made me even more excited, so I'm glad to see a bit more teases for the Queen of Ashes.
The Queen does seem to the type to believe that she's actually helping, so she likely wouldn't be too afraid to involve herself. If there's another Celebration of Fire next year, then we might get further lore on her. For now, the Fallen Nihil seems meant only to analyze Gielinor's current state, and then report to her.
It sounds like the event will end the day after Children of Mah is released. I think this might be similar to how The Bird and the Beast informed us of Fossil, so that an NPC would be tied to one of the main characters, so the tie to Zaros is probably just to have someone who would fit in with that quest being the focus of this month.
08-Nov-2016 15:22:33